Lok Sabha polls highlights: 'Sea of saffron' gathered at MP rally shows what LS results will be, says PM

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5:01 PM

Reality is exact opposite: Cong leader Jairam Ramesh on BJP's '400 paar' slogan for LS polls

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday took a jab at the BJP which has repeated on several occasions that it wants to win more than 400 seats (out of total 543) in the Lok Sabha elections. "In the 2017 Gujarat election, BJP's slogan was '150 paar', seats secured 99. In the 2018 Chhattisgarh election, the slogan was '50 paar', and the seats secured were 15...In the 2019 Jharkhand assembly election, the slogan was '65 paar' but BJP got 25 seats. In the 2020 Delhi assembly election, the slogan was '45 paar', but secured 8 seats. In the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly election, the slogan was '118 paar' and secured seat 4. It is easy to give the slogan of 'paar, paar', however, the reality is the exact opposite," Ramesh said.

4:58 PM

General Elections 2024: Cong leader Antony says his son and BJP candidate Anil should lose LS polls

Senior Congress leader and former Union Defence Minister AK Antony stated today that his son, Anil K Antony, who is contesting as a BJP candidate in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, should not win the poll.Antony said that his son's party should lose, and his rival, the Congress candidate in the south Kerala constituency, Anto Antony, will win with an absolute majority.

4:56 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Candidates need not disclose every asset they own, says Supreme Court

The top court today ruled that electoral candidates do not have to disclose in their nomination papers every piece of movable property owned by them or their family members, unless the assets are of significant value or reflect a luxurious lifestyle, according to a report by reported Live Law.

4:52 PM

General Elections 2024: Women 8% of total candidates in phase 1 on April 19

The first phase of the General Elections on April 19 will have 134 women candidates – eight per cent of the total,  a report in the Hindustan Times (HT) stated.

The phase has 102 seats where 1,625 candidates are in contention, including 1,491 males. 

3:47 PM

INDIA bloc leaders abusing, threatening me to stop India's development: PM Modi

At a rally in Balaghat, PM Modi asked people to vote in large numbers and break all polling records. 

3:39 PM

News update: Ensuing Lok Sabha polls a mission for building a new India, says PM Modi at MP rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took on the Congress and asserted that the party will be wiped out in Madhya Pradesh on June 4 --the day when the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections is scheduled to take place.

3:33 PM

Members of Congress are not fighting with those in BJP but amongst themselves: PM Modi in Balaghat

"The love from mothers and sisters here clearly hints at the results in Madhya Pradesh on June 4. Four to five months back, you cleared Congress from the state. Now in Lok Sabha elections, people in Congress are not fighting with those in BJP but amongst themselves," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

 

3:30 PM

Polygamy, child marriage not LS poll issues in Assam, says Assam CM Himanta

Labelling  polygamy, child marriage and other subjects related to 'Miya' community as non-issues in General Elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that he was raising these problems as he wants social transformation of the minorities and not their votes. Sarma also stated that there will be "contest" in three out of 14 Lok Sabha seats where the BJP-led NDA is fighting in Assam, while it will be a clean sweep for the saffron party in the remaining 11 seats of the state.

3:18 PM

Under PM Modi's govt, China couldn't encroach even one inch of our land: HM Amit Shah

"People of Assam will never forget how Jawaharlal Nehru said 'bye-bye' to Assam during the Chinese aggression. Under PM Modi's govt, China couldn't encroach even one inch of our land. Assam and Arunachal Pradesh can never forget 1962," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today in Lakhimpur, Assam. 

2:59 PM

Congress' manifesto will take India backwards: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticised Congress, stating that while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) wants the country to be a developed nation by 2047, its principal opposition party's manifesto seems to take India backwards. "The vision of the NDA government is to make India a developed nation by 2047. I believe it won't be an exaggeration to say that the Congress' manifesto will take India backwards," the Raksha Mantri said in an exclusive conversation with ANI on Tuesday in Madurai.

2:45 PM

Modi govt secured India's border with Bangladesh, stopped infiltration: Amit Shah in Assam's Lakhimpur

2:45 PM

INDIA bloc doesn't have any ideology: UP minister Jitin Prasada

"PM Narendra Modi came to Pilibhit today and the rally was historic because a large number of people came to listen to PM Modi...INDI alliance doesn't have any ideology," UP Minister & BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Pilibhit Jitin Prasada said today.

2:24 PM

PM Modi, BJP are scared of Bihar elections results: RJD's Tejashwi Yadav

 "We don't have to justify to the people of BJP, we respect everyone, respect every religion...They are not talking about unemployment, inflation, migration from Bihar, eradicating poverty or investment in Bihar...The Prime Minister and the people of BJP are scared of the results of Bihar," Former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav said today

Ex-Union minister Birender Singh, wife Prem Lata join Congress 

2:22 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024 update: Ex-Union minister Birender Singh, wife Prem Lata join Congress

Former Union minister Birender Singh and his ex-MLA wife Prem Lata joined the Congress on Tuesday, a decade after quitting the party. The development comes a month after their son Brijendra Singh, an outgoing MP from Hisar, joined the Congress after quitting the BJP. Birender Singh (78) is the maternal grandson of farmer leader Sir Chhotu Ram. He had quit the Congress in 2014 to join the BJP.

1:51 PM

Centre accords Z-category VIP security cover to CEC Rajiv Kumar ahead of LS polls

In view of potential threats, the government of India has provided Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar with a Z-category VIP security cover of armed commandos. The MHA has entrusted the Central Reserve Police Force with providing a contingent of about 40-45 personnel for the task. As per the reports, the armed commandos will accompany the CEC during his travels across the country.

 

12:41 PM

INDIA bloc parties rejected Ram temple 'Pran Pratishtha' invite; insulted Ram Lalla: PM Modi

 "INDIA bloc parties have always hated the construction of the Ram Temple. They rejected Ram temple 'Pran Pratishtha' invite and insulted Ram Lalla. Those from their party who attended the ceremony were suspended from the party for 6 years. Congress is so deep into appeasement politics that they will never be able to come out of it. Congress' manifesto appears to be that of Muslim League's not their own. Congress and SP also protesting against CAA. If India will not give citizenship to the persecuted minorities from neighbouring countries, then who will?," PM Modi said today.

12:37 PM

India showing world nothing is impossible: PM Modi

12:11 PM

News update: MVA announces seat sharing arrangement for LS polls

Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi announces seat sharing; Shiv Sena (UBT) to contest 21, Congress 17, NCP (SP) 10 LS seats in Maharashtra.

11:56 AM

News update: PM Modi addresses rally in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh

If Bharat makes up its mind, it will achieve success; when country becomes strong, world listens, PM Modi said today at poll rally in UP's Pilibhit. 

11:32 AM

General Elections 2024: AAP's Sanjay Singh to meet with CM Mann, party MLAs in Punjab

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh will today visit Punjab and meet Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and party MLAs, sources said. In the absence of AAP National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, Singh and Mann have the big responsibility of steering the party's election campaign on their shoulders, they said.

10:53 AM

General Elections 2024: Amit Shah to address rally, take part in roadshow in Assam today

BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Assam today to campaign for BJP Lok Sabha candidates in the state. "Tomorrow will be in Assam to attend a mega rally in Lakhimpur Lok Sabha and a roadshow in Tinsukia (Dibrugarh Lok Sabha). Assam is set to secure Modi Ji's goal of '400 paar'. Eager to meet the state's vibrant people," Shah had posted on X.

10:50 AM

Lok Sabha polls update: JJP Haryana unit chief Nishan Singh quits party

Jannayak Janta Party's general secretary Kamlesh Saini and Haryana unit chief Nishan Singh on Monday quit the party. Another JJP leader, Mamata Kataria, former JJP state women secretary, stated she has also quit the party. The developments have come as a significant setback blow to the five-and-a-half-year-old party, which recently separated from the BJP.

10:09 AM

Ten out of 37 candidates contesting in WB are crorepatis, shows analysis

An analysis of affidavits by the West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) showed that Ten out of the 37 candidates contesting from the three Lok Sabha seats of Jalpaiguri (SC), Cooch Behar (SC), and Alipurduar (ST) in West Bengal are crorepatis. The analysis showed that three independents, two each from the BJP and Trinamool Congress and one candidate each from the CPI(M), Congress, and the RSP are crorepatis.

9:59 AM

General Elections update 2024: EC to place GPS location tracker in vehicles used for LS polls in WB

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided top place GPS location tracking system in all vehicles that will be used for polling purposes in West Bengal, an official said on Monday. "The GPS tracking system will be used to monitor the movement of EVMs and other polling materials from the distribution/dispersion centre and receipt centre (DCRC) to the polling station on the day before the elections, and to ensure that no tampering occurs while bringing them to the strong room after polling," the official said.

9:08 AM

Lok Sabha polls update: PM Modi to hold roadshow in Chennai today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend a roadshow today. The roadshow will be conducted at Thiyagaraya Road in the city's T Nagar locality.